Interior Minister Marwan Charbel has said that he would suggest a technical postponement of the parliamentary elections for three months amid a deadlock on the new cabinet and the vote law.
In remarks to al-Liwaa daily published on Saturday, Charbel said his proposal “would give the consultations aimed at reaching consensus on the electoral law and the government” more time.
Full StorySpeaker Nabih Berri on Friday underwent a “successful surgery” at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Hamra.
“Speaker Berri has been admitted to the American University of Beirut Medical Center and (ex-health minister) Dr. Mohammed Jawad Khalife is conducting an urgent surgery on him," al-Jadeed television reported.
Full StoryAmer Arish, the so-called “commander of al-Beddawi frontier” in Tripoli, was wounded on Friday in a failed assassination attempt.
Unidentified attackers opened fire and hurled a hand grenade on Arish outside his shop in al-Beddawi, state-run National News Agency reported.
Full StoryThree shells launched from the Syrian side of the border on Friday landed in the northern Akkar town of al-Noura, affecting power lines in the region, the state-run National News Agency reported.
"The shells damaged the high-voltage power line and wounded a number of animals,” the NNA detailed.
Full StoryIsraeli warplanes staged intense mock raids at medium altitude over southern Lebanon on Friday morning, as an AWACS aircraft remarkably overflew the Nabatiyeh and the southern coast areas in the afternoon, state-run National News Agency reported.
In the evening, Israeli warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace at medium altitude over the southern areas of Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Tuffah, Khiyam, Marjeyoun and al-Orqoub.
Full StoryIsrael expected on Friday that the next war with Hizbullah will be completely different than the July 2006 conflict.
Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command Chief Major General Eyal Eisenberg warned that the next war with the party will be ten times fiercer than the 2006 one.
Full StoryThe families of Islamist inmates detained in Roumieh Prison staged on Friday a sit-in in the northern city of Tripoli to protest the delay in the trial of their loved ones.
Speaking on behalf of the families, Sheikh Mohammed Ibrahim slammed the injustice against the prisoners, questioning the delay in the trial despite the construction of a proper courtroom at Roumieh.
Full StoryCentrist Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat rejected on Friday to eliminate any Lebanese party from consultations on the formation of the new cabinet, expressing pessimism over the situation in the country after Prime Minister Najib Miqati announced his resignation.
“I refuse to exclude anyone... The situation is critical,” Jumblat said in an interview published in al-Akhabr newspaper.
Full StoryA Syrian boat entered Lebanese territorial waters and opened fire on a Lebanese fishing boat off the northern coast of Arida, injuring a fisherman, the state-run National News Agency reported Friday.
NNA identified the fisherman as Khaled Ahmed al-Ali. Media reports said he was injured in the leg.
Full StorySpeaker Nabih Berri has said the name of the premier-designate hinges on the type and shape of the new government.
“If it is a cabinet (tasked) with holding the elections, then the prime minister-designate would have certain specifications,” Berri told several local dailies published Friday.
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